09 November 2007

Word of the Day, 11.9.07

Did you see it? Did you see it?
polyglot \POL-ee-glot\, adjective:
1. Containing or made up of several languages.
2. Writing, speaking, or versed in many languages.

noun:1. One who speaks several languages.

Polyglot derives from Greek polyglottos, from poly-, "many" + glotta, "tongue, language."
Aaah. I feel another wrinkle developing on my corpus collosum. I love words. I love words!

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